UNeGov.net/PyongyangSchool/03
 
 
title Developing Technical Solutions for Electronic Governance
 
speaker Dr. Tomasz Janowski (1) and Elsa Estevez (1, 2)
 
affiliation (1) The United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST)
(2) Computer Science and Engineering Department, National University of the South, Argentina
 
abstract

Electronic Governance (e-Governance) seeks to transform public service delivery and citizens' participation or engagement in government decision processes for both social and economic benefits. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the main enablers for implementing the required transformations. The aim of this course is to present main technologies applied for implementing Electronic Governance, providing a general background and understanding about technical concepts.

In particular, the course teaches:

  1. Introduction to Object Orientation - a paradigm for system modeling
  2. Introduction to UML - a notation for modeling object oriented systems
  3. Introduction to XML - syntax to represent data description languages
  4. Introduction to Open Source Software - software with available source code
 
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bio Tomasz Janowski is a Research Fellow at The United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology in Macao (UNU-IIST) and the Head of the Center for Electronic Governance at UNU-IIST, Macao. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Warwick, England, and an MSc in Mathematics from the University of Gdansk, Poland. Tomasz Janowski is the author or co-author of over 30 publications in Computer Science, Software Engineering and applications in international conferences, journals and books. He has given over one hundred academic presentations, has been the program committee member at over 20 international conferences and is the member of the IFIP Working Group 5.5 - Cooperation Infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises and Electronics Business. Tomasz Janowski has the first-hand knowledge of the public sector - he is the manager and technical leader of the Macao e-Government Project, a foundational project for the development of Electronic Government in Macao. He has 10 years of experience working for UN on various educational, research and networking projects with developing countries. Recently, he initiatiated the UNU-IIST's UNeGov.net initative - Building a Community of Practice for Electronic Governance. His current research interests include development of Electronic Governance, foundations of XML technology and rigorous development of enterprise software, particularly software for the public sector.

Elsa Estevez is project staff of the Center for Electronic Governance at UNU-IIST. She is Assistant Professor at Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS) in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. She holds a Magister in Computer Science from the same university and a Licenciado Degree in Computer Science from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. She teaches subjects related to Software Engineering. She is member of the e-Macao project at United Nations University - International Institute for Software Technology. Her research interest include: Electronic Government, software infrastructure for Electronic Government and Component-Based Development.